Cabinet ironing-board.



F. M. BIGGS.

CABINET IRONING BOARD.

APPLICATION HLED MAR. 27. 1915.

Patented 0013. 31,1916.

In d hfor. a 7, a w m Mfness YJMJM FRANK M. BIGGS, Oli WOODWARD, IOWA.

CABINET IRONING-BOARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented 0013. 31, 1916.

Application filed March 27, 1916. Serial No. 87,120.

i To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK M. BIGGS, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Woodward, in the county of Dallas and State of Iowa, have invented a certain new and useful Cabinet Ironing-Board, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a cabinet ironing board of simple, durable and inexpensive construction.

A further object is to provide such an ironing board suitably mounted in a cabinet or the like in a wall, so that it may be folded out of the way and entirely received within the cabinet when not in use, and when desired for use may be moved to proper position and firmly and rigidly supported therein.

A further object is to provide simple and novel means for suitably mounting the ironing board and for properly bracing it when in use, the parts being so arranged as to be collapsed and folded out of the way when the ironing board is received within the cabinet.

. My invention consists in the construction arrangement and combination of the various parts of the device, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 shows a front elevation of a cabinet ironing board embodying my invention. Fig. 2 shows a vertical, sectional view of the cabinet, taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1, the ironing board being shown in side elevation in its extended position. Fig. 3 shows a horizontal, sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 shows a vertical, sectional view taken on the line H of Fig. 1, the parts being shown as though the board were in its open position.

In the accompanying drawings I have used the reference numeral to indicate generally the back wall of a shallow cabinet having the side walls 11 and the hinged door 12. At the upper end of the cabinet is a shelf 13 on which is a spring clip 14:

designed to engage and coact with the upper end of the ironing board when the latter is in its folded position.

Mounted on the lower parts of the side walls 11 are vertical guide strips 15 arranged opposite each other and preferably near the back of the cabinet, as shown in Fig. 2.

The ironing board itself comprises the board 16 having at its rear end the transverse strip 17 pivoted by means of pins 18 shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3, to slide blocks 19 arranged to slide vertically on the strips 15. At the upper ends of the strips 15 are stop blocks 20 which limit the upward movement ofthe slide blocks 19.

I provide a brace 21 which at its lower end is pivoted by means of bolts 22 or the like, to the side walls 11 near the lower ends thereof. The upper end of the brace 21 is connected by hinges 23 with the under surface of the board 16 at points spaced apart from the inner end thereof, as shown in Fig. 2. Formed in the brace 21 near the lower end thereof, is an opening 24. A plate 25 secured to the lower surface of the brace 21 covers said opening.

Hinged to the members 21 near the lower edge of the opening 24, is a second brace 26, the upper end of which is free. In the upper surface of the brace 21 is a recess 27 adapted to receive the second brace 26. Secured to the plate 25 is a spring 28 so arranged as to normally tend to move the second brace 26 away from the brace 21.

In the practical use of my improved cabinet ironing board, the board when in use stands in the position shown in Fig. 2. The board 16 is arranged horizontally with the slide blocks 19 resting against the lower surfaces of the stop blocks 26. The brace 21 supports the middle portion of the board 16, and is inclined from its lower end upwardly and outwardly from the lower end of the cabinet. The brace 26 is moved to its vertical position by the spring 28. The upper edge of the brace 26 when the parts are in position for use, engages the stop plate 29 on the lower surface of the board 16 near the inner end thereof, as shown in Fig. 2. When it is desired to collapse the board to its position within the cabinet, the operator presses the upper end of the members 26 outwardly toward the brace 21 and then raises the'outer end of the board 16, moving the parts to their positions shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 2. By continuing the upward movement of the board 16, the parts will automatically be moved to their fully collapsed positions. In the collapsed position of the ironing board, the spring 28 is received in the opening 24 and the brace 26 is received within the recess 27. The

board 16 stands in upright position with the slide blocks 19 at the lower ends of the guide strips 15. The upper end of the board 16 engages the spring clip 14 which holds the board in its collapsed position. The

door 12 may then be closed, and nothing can be seen but an ordinary door which is usually built narrower than doors used for ingress and egress of persons. When it is desired to again use the ironing board the door 12 is opened, the spring clip 14 is released and the free end of the board 16 is swung outwardly and downwardly to its closed position shown by the full lines in Fig. 2. The inner end .of the board will slide upwardly and the spring 28 will automatically move the brace 26 to its horizontal supporting position.

It will be seen that all that is necessary to move the board from its closed to its open position is the releasing of the spring clip and the swinging downwardly of the upper end of the board.

Some changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of the parts of -my improved ironing board without departing from the essential features and purposes thereof, and it is my intention to cover by my present application any such modifications of structure as may be included within the reasonable scope of my claims.

I claim as my invention: 1

1. In a device of the class described, the combination of a support, an ironing board pivotally and slidably mounted at one end thereof, a brace pivoted to said support and to said ironing board, a second brace pivoted to said first brace, and a spring device interposed between said braces, the parts being so arranged that the board and the braces may stand in collapsed position adjacent to each other in parallel position,'and so that when the upper end of the board is swung outwardly and downwardly the inner end thereof will slide upwardly and be stopped.

in a predetermined position, the first brace will support the central portion of the board, and the second brace will automatically move to vertical position beneath the end of the board which is mounted on the support.

2. In a device of the class described, a cabinet, an ironing board having one end pivotally and slidably mounted within said cabinet, means for limiting the movement of said slidably mounted end in both directions, a brace pivoted at its lower end in the lower portion of the cabinet, and pivoted to the ironing board at a. point spaced from the slidably mounted end thereof, a second brace pivoted to said first brace near the lower portion thereof, and a spring secured to said first brace and adapted to engage said second brace for yieldingly moving the braces apart, the parts of said device being adapted to stand in collapsed position within the cabinet with the board and the braces adjacent to and parallel with each other, and being adapted when the upper end of the board is swung downwardly and outwardly to horizontal position, to move to position where the first brace is inclined upwardly and outwardly from the cabinet, for supporting the central portion of the ironing board, and the second brace is automatically yieldingly moved toward vertical position, for supporting the slidably mounted end of the board.

3. In a device of the class described, a cabinet having a hinged door, a pair of opposite guide members on the opposite sides of the interior of said cabinet in the lower portion thereof, an ironing board pivotally and slidably mounted on said guide devices at one end, a brace pivoted at the lower portion of said cabinet and extending upwardly and pivoted to said board at a point spaced from the slidably mounted end thereof, a second brace pivotally mounted on the lower portion of said first brace, said first brace having formed in one surface a recess to receive said second brace, a spring supported on said first brace and adapted to engage the second brace for forcing the braces apart, said first brace having an opening to receive said spring when the braces are in their adjacent collapsed position, and a catch device for engaging and holding the upper end of the ironing board when the ironing board is in vertical position, the parts being adapted to move from position where the ironing board is vertical with the braces adjacent to and parallel therewith, to positionwhere the upper end of the ironing board is moved outwardly and the lower slidably mounted end is moved upwardly until the ironing board reaches horizontal position, and also so arranged that the first brace is simultaneously moved to a position inclined from its position within the cabinet, upwardly and outwardly to the central portion of the ironing board, and also so arranged that the second brace simultaneously moves from its position received within the recess in the first brace, to position for supporting the inner end of the ironing board. I

Des Moines, Iowa, March 8, 1916. 

